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Appears in Collections: | Law and Philosophy Journal Articles |
Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
Title: | Objectionable Commemorations: Ethical and Political Issues |
Author(s): | Lim, Chong-Ming Lai, Ten-Herng |
Contact Email: | ten-herng.lai@stir.ac.uk |
Keywords: | Commemorations statues and monuments morality political honours political speech public space collective history decolonisation |
Issue Date: | Feb-2024 |
Date Deposited: | 20-Nov-2024 |
Citation: | Lim C & Lai T (2024) Objectionable Commemorations: Ethical and Political Issues. <i>Philosophy Compass</i>, 19 (2), Art. No.: e12963. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12963 |
Abstract: | The term, "objectionable commemorations”, refers to a broad category of public artefacts – such as, and especially, memorials, monuments and statues – that are regarded as morally problematic in virtue of what or whom they honour. In this regard, they are a special class of public artefacts that are subject to public contestation. In this paper, we survey the general ethical and political issues on this topic. First, we categorise the arguments on offer in the literature, concerning the objectionable nature of such commemorations. Second, we review common political responses to objectionable commemorations. Finally, we identify fruitful areas for further philosophical inquiry on this topic. |
DOI Link: | 10.1111/phc3.12963 |
Rights: | © 2024 The Authors. Philosophy Compass published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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